July 3, 2026 — Dane County
Kettle Pond Park off of Old Middleton Road features a small sunken pond with cattails, surrounded by large cottonwood trees and some open brushy areas.
Kettle Pond Park off of Old Middleton Road features a small sunken pond with cattails, surrounded by large cottonwood trees and some open brushy areas.
Slender Spreadwing (Lestes rectangularis)
Photographed
multiple, both sexes
Photographed
multiple, both sexes
Blue-eyed Darner (Rhionaeschna multicolor)
Photographed
the photo is terrible but by watching it through binoculars I saw nothing that made me think it could be spatterdock, and the habitat is right for blue-eyed
Photographed
the photo is terrible but by watching it through binoculars I saw nothing that made me think it could be spatterdock, and the habitat is right for blue-eyed
Blue Dasher (Pachydiplax longipennis)
Observed
abundant
Observed
abundant
Twelve-spotted Skimmer (Libellula pulchella)
Observed
one or two males
Observed
one or two males